Woolly Milk-Cap
Woolly Milk-Cap
(Lactarius torminosus), a capped mushroom of the genus Lactarius. The cap is 5-12 cm in diameter. In young specimens it is flat and later funnel-shaped and rose-colored, with reddish concentric zones and a fibrous border. When fresh the flesh tastes pungent. The woolly milk-cap usually grows in the autumn in birch and mixed forests (with birch). It is eaten salted after being soaked or boiled.